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In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis , a
ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from
Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas
settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one
of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those
aboard the Anahita , an opium carrier heading towards Canton? And what
fate befell those aboard the Redruth , a sturdy two-masted brig heading
East out of Cornwall? Was it the storm that altered their course or
were the destinies of these passengers at the mercy of even more
powerful forces?

On the grand scale of an historical epic, River of Smoke follows its
storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China. There,
despite efforts of the emperor to stop them, ships from Europe and
India exchange their cargoes of opium for boxes tea, silk, porcelain
and silver. Among them are Bahram Modi, a wealthy Parsi opium merchant
out of Bombay, his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt, the orphaned
Paulette and a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance,
riches and a legendary rare flower have thrown together. All struggle
to cope with their losses – and for some, unimaginable freedoms – in
the alleys and crowded waterways of 19th century Canton. As
transporting and mesmerizing as an opiate induced dream, River of Smoke will soon be heralded as a masterpiece of twenty-first century
literature.